Tide Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 The currecnt bottleneck is mysql / disk io. I may virtualize out a master/slave enviroment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 I've been convinced by work to use Debian, any geeks with opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 heh no, i wish, would make this easier to manage. too expensive to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azca Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 best linux is handbuilt custom compile hardened gentoo - I can help you do it if you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Dell charges too much for ram True.dat  ./ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I may virtualize out a master/slave enviroment.  all your post are belong to tide Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I've been convinced by work to use Debian, any geeks with opinions? I guess work is not at apple anymore huh? Whoever is doing the convincing are they going to help you admin the server? What do you use now? X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I guess work is not at apple anymore huh? X Nope... It isn't.   . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 ask jedi! he maintains subaru.com This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Heh gt_ltd, I know thats a corner of an eye, but my female boss, out of the corner of her eye, may think its something else. I work at Facebook now, and it looks like I'd have an easier time maintaining debain over centos anyways, esp for random package upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Heh gt_ltd, I know thats a corner of an eye, but my female boss, out of the corner of her eye, may think its something else. .  maybe your boss like box and she'll give you a promotion for it? Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I actually had to turn off avatars because of that eye.  Debian should be good. GL with all the upgrades! X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 The site might speed up just a bit, if all the useless posts by Gitster were deleted :lol: Double Award Winning Legacy GT Wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxdave99 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 2gigs of ram? Ya cheapass  Do you need me to donate again so you can at least get 4gb If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 i'm ordering more memory, just not from dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxdave99 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 i'm ordering more memory, just not from dell. Herd dat... If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexylegacy Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 The drives and the processors are wicked, but it seems only a 150 gigs of space is rather limited, eh? I thought we'd be in the terabyte range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Is you crazy! :lol: The biggest part of this site is probably the SQL DB, and I highly doubt that is taking up all 150 GB's!! Let's put it this way, where I work we have 50 designers, and 15 TBs of space. Only half of it is used, and that is with years of archives and big ass image files. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAINIAC SPEC B Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Forget the Terabyte go right to Moosebyte:spin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Any reason you ordered from Dell rather than "rolling your own"? I know I'm biased because that's what I do now (typical small computer store). When I worked for a college I built many servers that were subjected to large amounts of traffic (millions of hits a week). They were just a solid and reliable as our HP servers that cost well into the 6-digit range. You're right about disk IO being a main bottleneck. Having several RAID arrays strategically loaded so that the high-demand tasks are spread out among different arrays will do wonders for response time. Of course, no cheap controller cards allowed on a machine of this magnitude. If cost is a concern, SATA Raptors can provide SCSI speeds at a noticable savings, and provide more disk space in return. It's easy to do six hot-swappable SATAs in a 4U enclosure. I know you pay by the U when colo'ing but I worry about heat in smaller enclosures with several drives. CentOS is my favorite  I know since you don't know me in person I'm just some random "computer hack" but I'd be glad to supply a machine at cost (parts only, no labor) should we need a new server in the future. The components chosen could be part of a group discussion as well, so that everyone's input is heard when building the ultimate server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckrieg Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I'll be interested in the logo design thingy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 dell had a couple sales going on and I saved like 800 on the whole box. I priced out a dozen places even building it myself, but nothing matched. given the 3 year parts replacement, seemed like a decent deal. I've definitely decided to go debian + vmware to split it into 2 servers. the drives are sas drives, 15k rpm, so i didn't skimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tide Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 database here is 1.5 GB, not sure about attachments, probably another 2GB, not as much as you'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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